Jesse Eisenberg stars as a convenience store worker in a tiny West Virginia town who spends his days stoned and trying his best to do right by his girlfriend while creating ideas for a graphic novel all through which, in generally, he fails miserably. What he doesn’t know is that he is a man with a past and when his ex-boss, who finds out that he has been marked for termination, unknowingly pays him a visit and unlocks repressed memories via a secret codeword it all kicks off in spectacular style.

Part Jason Bourne, part Cheech & Chong, American Ultra motors along with an ever increasing body count totalled up using a variety of unusual everyday items but it all still feels predictable and there’s nothing new here that will stay with you after the end credits roll.

Both Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart do okay with their roles but, when it comes, the secondary twist is so left of center that it doesn’t really make any sense and given that the whole film is told in a flashback means that any suspense or intrigue as to what the outcome of our protagonist will be is put to bed in the opening minute.

DJ Speaks Rating: 5 out of 10